A post is being shared on social media with a claim that gold coins were found in Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir while a canal was being dug near Wular Lake.
“#Khaazaana #Mil #Gaya ,:- As per reports One Labour from Baramulla area found Golden & silver coins while digging a canal near wular lake on Saturday,13 Feb, 2021. Around 30 Labourers were working for the project,” the Facebook post read.
Here’s the link to the above post.
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above post and found the claim to be FALSE.
On putting the images through Reverse Image Search, we found that they are from Italy and were taken in 2018.
We found an article by ABC News dated September 10, 2018, titled, “Hundreds of gold coins dating to Rome’s Imperial era found in Italy.”
The picture caption read, “Hundreds of gold coins dating to the 4th or 5th century were found in an archaeological dig in Como, Italy.”
We also found a tweet by the Italian Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Centinaia di monete d’oro della tarda epoca imperiale sono state rinvenute in pieno centro a #Como, in un recipiente in pietra ollare di forma inedita. “Una scoperta che mi riempie di orgoglio” ha detto il ministro @BonisoliAlberto pic.twitter.com/ff6ep38gtG
— MiBACT (@_MiBACT) September 7, 2018
In March 2020, NewsMobile had debunked a similar post, where the same picture was being passed off as that of Haryana, India.
https://newsmobile.in/articles/2020/03/19/fact-check-ancient-gold-coins-found-in-haryanas-jind-heres-the-truth/
This proves that the above information from the viral claim post is fake.
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